Guest account missing on Windows 10 – Microsoft Community

This issue was reported by the user after the Windows update. In earlier versions of Windows 10, you can easily enable the guest account and use it. But with the newer versions, the Guest account is not working properly. Some users reported that the Guest account is not visible in the Login screen , and some users reported that the account is not working properly as expected. After doing this you can see the guest account entry in the start menu. But after the Restart, the Guest Account was not showing in the Login screen.

There is no permanent solution for this issue, but there is a recommended workaround. To fix this issue first create a new Local User account and put that new user into Guests group. Then you will get one separate Pop up, click on the Users tab then check the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.

Then create a new user account by clicking on Add. Select Sign in without Microsoft account not recommended link and then select Local account. After creating a new guest account, click on the Visitor entry, and choose Properties. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.

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I have just spent good few hours to upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 10 only to realise there is no option to have Guest account. This is a must for me as my friends and family use this future to use my computer.

However cannot locate this anywhere. I do not want to create account for my friends and definately not for my 5 year old kids. Does anyone know the work around? No option when I click start and type Guest. Cannot work out how to access group policy as keep putting me in standard windows 10 style option. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. Thanks for your feedback. Windows 10 is not done why would they give out an operating system that’s not done, and why is it free probably because they want us to find the bugs and report them.

Same thing here. It seems that via command prompt Guest activated, but it never appears to login list Administrator account activating works fine and it appears to login list without problems. I did the same thing. I created a local “Guest User” account as a work around. The steps are:. Threats include any threat of suicide, violence, or harm to another. Any content of an adult theme or inappropriate to a community web site.

Any image, link, or discussion of nudity. Any behavior that is insulting, rude, vulgar, desecrating, or showing disrespect. Any behavior that appears to violate End user license agreements, including providing product keys or links to pirated software.

Unsolicited bulk mail or bulk advertising. Any link to or advocacy of virus, spyware, malware, or phishing sites. Any other inappropriate content or behavior as defined by the Terms of Use or Code of Conduct.

Any image, link, or discussion related to child pornography, child nudity, or other child abuse or exploitation. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit people found this reply helpful. You can’t re-create an account named ‘Guest’ because technically it still exists. It’s just not activated. See link below. I don’t know if you will be able to recover the Windows 8 stuff you lost in the old Guest account, but you can try to re-activate the old ‘Guest’ account using the Administrator Command Prompt.

Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 2 people found this reply helpful. I will not advice doing the recommendations. I ended up with a flashing screen on the guest account. Took a while to figure out on how to log it off. It’s sad I have to create a fake visitor account.

I try to make it convenient but without guest account, I will have to add a sticky to my laptop. And that’s more of a threat than the reason they choose not to have a guest account option. Having a simple Guest Account is important, to separate it from the login account.

It would had been thoughtful if MS went ahead and did their family E-mail, name, code thing — and still allow the flexibility of adding the simple Guest Account.

I have various people from time to time, who use my computer with printer. It would be insane for me to have different confusing accounts to deal with. I want for the system to work for me, not me having to work the system. I hope a people oriented IT person who reads this will take this into consideration. I appreciate the opportunity, created by MS, to make these comments. Thank you. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member.

If not will be reverting back to Windows 8. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Marcel Arnold. There’s a way that seems to be hidden in the cmd so far. How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. I just left windows 10 and went back to windows 8. In reply to Marcel Arnold’s post on July 30, I tried that but when I log on there is no guest option. In reply to KiranPoudel’s post on July 31, So I made local account without password “Visitor” and hopefully it works like I think. In reply to Timi67’s post on July 31, In reply to PatrickMcKelvey’s post on August 1, I did this as well, but it would not accept just Guest.

I had to name it Guest1. None of the things saved under the Guest account in Window 8 imported. We can’t get to all the stuff all the family members saved there including precious photos! In reply to GertieGirl01’s post on August 2, Do you have an external or cloud backup drive that would have a copy of the lost files?

I highly recommend you abandon the practice of saving anything under a Guest account. I did exactly that but I kept on getting an error below and it refused to allow me to sign in. Pierre – Topeka. This site in other languages x.

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replace.me › Forums › en-US › windowspro-login-sc. I have WIN 10 Pro on a Dell laptop. I have been unable to find a way to show ALL accounts, User, (built in) Administrator, Guest account.